The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-04

character, speaking in modern Greek. Is an
Enghshman named William Ewart Gladstone
A few days later congress is held at Florence
They are discussing Dante in the Italian tongue
Listen to that eloquent man: we have seen MN
before. He is an Englishman, and his name Is
William Ewart Gladstone. Afew days later we
are at Berlin. Who is that talking to Bismarck
in his mother gutturali He is the distinguished
English statesman whom we saw at Corfu ana
Florence, and his name is William Ewart Glad
stone. The day following we are at grand
banquet III Paris. The Queen has been toasted
Who IS that gentleman speaking faultiess French.
in response to the sentimentI All. we have seen
him at Corfu, at Florence, at Berlin; his name Is
William Ewart Gladstone. After painting an
eloquent and brilliant word picture of Glad
stone in the House of Commons, DR.. Parker
compared him with John Bright The latter
wrote and published two speeches year;
Gladstone made fifty speeches while Bright was
preparing one.
In the City Temple. London. every Thursday
morning, there is a discussion of apopular
theme. One morning the subject was: wv hat
Does the Pew Expect of the Publicf Glad
stone was there. He spoke with ease. dig
nifty and mastery of his subject which was truly
inspiring. When he sat down we, the minis
tiers, nearly one hundred strong, felt that man
who could speak as he had must have given his
best thoughts and his closest investigations to
the subject of preaching. AT o'clock the same
afternoon he met certain of his constituents.
who wanted him to use his best endeavors to
secure. the passage of an act to throw Plumstead
Common open to the people. he gave them
such seemingly individual attention that he
could not have appeared more interested sneu
Plumstead Common represented two-thirds OF
her Majesty's dominions He never gave his
divided attention to anything.
At o'clock the same night he met DR.. Schlle-
mann. and that famous man said, before their
interview ended, that Mr. Gladstone was the
greatest Greek scholar living "Is hep asked
the speaker, "a man to be sneered at by boys
eighteen years of age" Gladstone knows the
power of language. He knows how to barb his
sentences. He does not quarrel. he fights; he is
not a pug dog, he is lion he is not brawler,
he is an heroic fighter. The chronic conflict
between Disraeh aud Gladstone was alluded to.
and the latter's speech when he proposed a mon
ument to the dead Beaconsfield was character
lied as a monument in itself Disraeh charac
terized him as man without single distin-
gushing vice. His parliamentary methods are
expository; the construction of his sentences Is
the inspiration of the moment. He creates an
atmosphere of rhetorical perspective and places
the listener a sure foundation of philosophy
and fact. Gladstone believes in the Judgment
and conscience of responsible men His memory
is wonderful He says he cannot remember,
but never presume upon his lapse of memory.
Never contradict him; get some other man to do
it and watch the effect on him..
Gladstone is nearly seventy eight, but in point
of intellectual virility and capacity he is one of
the youngest men in the political ranks of the
world He began life Tory; but once YOU
were baby" He began in the cradle of toady
ism; to-day he stands the mountains of
liberty and looks at land that is afar off,"